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单词 out-by
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out-byadv.adj.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈbʌɪ/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈbaɪ/, Scottish English /ˌʌʊtˈbaɪ/, Irish English /ˌaʊtˈbaɪ/
Forms: see out adv., int., and prep. and by adv.; also Scottish (Shetland) 1900s– oodby, 1900s– ubi, 1900s– udbe, 1900s– udbi.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: out adv., by adv.
Etymology: < out adv. + by adv. Compare in-bye adv.
Scottish, English regional (northern), and Irish English (northern).
A. adv.
Out a little way; a short distance out; out of doors; (Mining) near to the mine shaft (rather than to the workings where mining is taking place).
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > [adverb] > a short distance > a short distance out
out-byc1450
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > outside > a short distance outside
out-byc1450
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > [adverb] > out of doors
outOE
without doorc1275
thereoutc1325
abroad?c1335
out at door (also doors)c1386
out of doors1530
thereforthc1540
forth adoors1607
forth of door(s1607
without doors1617
al fresco1717
outdoorsa1729
out-by1753
c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 2762 Þe ledis out of Landace & all þe landis out-by [a1500 Trin. Dub. vmbe].
1640 in W. Stevenson Presbyterie Bk. Kirkcaldie (1900) 184 Margaret..bad him goe out by.
1680 J. Skeen Let. Nov. in Cloud of Witnesses (1730) 92 Mr. Mckinzie came out by to the Bar.
1753 Extracts Trial J. Stewart in Scots Mag. July 344/2 There were two gentlemen wanting him out-by.
1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vi, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 178 A' gaes wrang when the Master's out bye.
1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 160 Outbye or Outbyeside, Newc., nearer to the shaft, and hence further from the forewinning.
1933 ‘L. G. Gibbon’ Cloud Howe iv. 260 Folk sat outbye and couldn't make out the words that the two spoke one to the other.
1987 E. Murray Churchill's Bodyguard (1988) i. 2 Dispatching [coal]..‘out-bye’ for loading into the..rail trucks.
B. adj.
Outside, out-of-doors; outlying. out-by farm n. a moorland farm. out-by worker n. a person employed in fieldwork on a farm.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > distance > distance or farness > [adjective] > remote or inaccessible
outc1425
inaccessible?a1475
out-way1532
deviate1575
unaccessible1596
reachless1597
devious1599
wandering1600
untouchable1622
outlying1651
back1683
no-nationa1756
out-of-the-way1756
outlandish1792
eccentric1800
outworld1808
out-by1816
outside1847
off-lying1859
unget-at-able1862
far-out1887
far-back1900
the world > matter > gas > air > fresh air > [adjective] > that exists or is done in the open air
outward1546
subdial1647
without doors1654
subaeriala1703
outdoor1748
al fresco1760
extra-foraneous1781
out of door1786
out of doors1822
open air1851
open-aired1873
hypaethral1875
out-by1896
1816 W. Scott Black Dwarf x, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. I. 195 Harry and I hae been to gather what was on the outbye land, and there's scarce a cloot left.
1850 Mod. Sc. Minstrel (1885) 366 An out-bye herding in the wilds of Eskdalemuir.
1896 N. Munro Lost Pibroch 266 Our folk lived the clean out-by life of shepherds and early risers.
1898 J. Paton Castlebraes 145 (E.D.D.) The outbye agricultural workers.
1935 J. O'Neill Land under Eng. xiv. 200 There is little difference between their method and that of our own women spinners in the ‘out-by’ farms.
1955 S. Reporter 8 Dec. 6 The difficulty of finding shepherds for ootbye places in the Borders.
2000 Oxoniensia 64 228 The inbye land close to the centre of habitation was used for birthing, cultivation and winter fodder production in the spring and summer, and for winter grazing, while the outbye land was used for summer grazing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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